Observer: Sandy Dillard (& guides)
Number of Species: 217
Comments: This trip is actually 2 trips of 3 days duration each.
They are 1 hr radius from Capetown plus Capetown itself and 2 hr radius
from Capetown respectively. They were 4 months apart and were in December
& April. I was taken around by Bruce Dyer bdyer@sfri.wcape.gov.za who
is a very good guide and is very reasonable in price. I managed to get photos
of some of the species and those are linked to their photos.
| Trip 1 | day 1 | We went to Kirstenbosch Botanical Gardens early am, then Wildevoel Vlei (Wild Bird lake), Cape Point Nature Reserve, Boulders Coastal Park, Strandfontein Sewerage Works & ended with Varkensvlei (Pig Lake). |
| day 2 | Rietvlei Table View, Contourmans Kloof, Spes Bona Farm & Sir Lawry's Pass & back to Capetown | |
| day 3 | went to some marshes in and around Capetown | |
| Trip 2 | day 1 | Langebaan Lagoon & Wildflower Res. near Darling |
| day 2 | traveled to Karoopoort, Tillite Hills, Katbakkies then Mitchell's Pass then overnighted at Swellendam at the Hotel right in town. | |
| day 3 | Swellendam, Grootvadersbosch Forest, Malgas & De Hoop Nature Res. then Budasdorp and back to Capetown |
| Ostrich Grebe, Little Grebe, Great Crested Grebe, Eared Penguin, Jackass Albatross, Sooty Gannet, Cape Cormorant, Long-tailed Cormorant, Crowned Cormorant, Bank Cormorant, Great Cormorant, Cape Darter, African Pelican, Great White Whistling-Duck, White-faced Duck, White-backed Duck, Maccoa Goose, Egyptian Shelduck, South African Goose, Spur-winged Teal, Cape Duck, Yellow-billed Duck, African Black Duck, Red-billed Shoveler, Cape Pochard, Southern Flamingo, Greater Egret, Little Egret, Intermediate Heron, Gray Heron, Black-headed Heron, Purple Egret, Cattle Night-Heron, Black-crowned Hamerkop Ibis, Glossy Ibis, Hadada Ibis, Sacred Spoonbill, African Kite, Black-shouldered Kite, Yellow-billed Fish-Eagle, African Griffon, Cape Marsh-Harrier, African Harrier-Hawk, African Chanting-Goshawk, Pale Goshawk, African Buzzard, Common Buzzard, Jackal Eagle, Verreaux's Kestrel, Lesser Kestrel, Eurasian Falcon, Peregrine Guineafowl, Helmeted Francolin, Grey-winged Francolin, Cape Rail, Kaffir Swamphen, Purple Moorhen, Common Coot, Red-knobbed Crane, Blue Bustard, Stanley Bustard, Black Bustard, Karoo Snipe, African Curlew, Eurasian Redshank, Common Sandpiper, Marsh Greenshank, Common Sandpiper, Wood Sandpiper, Common Turnstone, Ruddy Knot, Red Sanderling Stint, Little Sandpiper, Curlew Ruff Thick-knee, Spotted Oystercatcher, African Stilt, Black-winged Avocet, Pied Plover, Black-bellied Plover, Common Ringed Plover, Kittlitz's Plover, Three-banded Plover, Chestnut-banded Plover, White-fronted Plover, Blacksmith Lapwing, Crowned Gull, Kelp Gull, Hartlaub's Tern, Whiskered Tern, White-winged Tern, Caspian Tern, Sandwich Tern, Common Dove, Rock Pigeon, Speckled Pigeon, African Dove, Lemon Dove, Laughing Dove, Ring-necked Dove, Red-eyed Dove, Namaqua Mousebird, Speckled Mousebird, White-backed Mousebird, Red-faced Eagle-Owl, Spotted Swift, Alpine Swift, African Swift, Little Swift, White-rumped Kingfisher, Giant Kingfisher, Pied Bee-eater, European Hoopoe, African Barbet, Pied Woodpecker, Ground Woodpecker, Olive Crested-Flycatcher, African Paradise-Flycatcher, African Drongo, Fork-tailed Crow, House Crow, Cape Crow, Pied Raven, White-necked Cuckoo-shrike, Grey Fiscal, Common Boubou, Southern Bokmakierie Batis, Cape Batis, Pririt Rock-Thrush, Cape Thrush, Olive Rock-jumper, Cape Starling, Pale-winged Starling, Red-winged Starling, African Pied Starling, Wattled Starling, European Flycatcher, Fiscal Flycatcher, African Dusky Robin-Chat, Cape Scrub-Robin, Karoo Stonechat Stonechat, African Wheatear, Mountain Wheatear, Capped Chat, Karoo Chat, Tractrac Chat, Familiar Anteater-Chat, Southern Martin, Plain Martin, Rock Swallow, Barn Swallow, White-throated Swallow, Pearl-breasted Striped-Swallow, Greater Sawwing, Black Bulbul, Cape Greenbul, Sombre White-eye, Pale Cisticola, Red-headed Cisticola, Levaillant's Cisticola, Piping Cisticola, Zitting Cisticola, Cloud Prinia, Karoo Prinia, White-breasted Warbler, Rufous-eared Apalis, Bar-throated Warbler, Kopje Bush-Warbler, African Scrub-Warbler, Victorin's Grassbird, Cape Swamp-Warbler, Lesser Warbler, Fairy Eremomela, Yellow-bellied Eremomela, Yellow-rumped Crombec, Cape Wood-Warbler,Yellow-throated Warbler, Layard's Warbler, Rufous-vented Tit, Grey Penduline-Tit, Southern Lark, Karoo Lark, Spike-heeled Sparrow-Lark, Grey-backed Lark, Red-capped Lark, Large-billed Sparrow, House Mossie Waxbill, Swee Waxbill, Common Whydah, Pin-tailed Wagtail, Cape Longclaw, Cape Pipit, African Pipit, Plain-backed Pipit, Long-billed Weaver, Cape Masked-Weaver, Southern Bishop, Red Bishop, Yellow Sugarbird, Cape Sunbird, Orange-breasted Sunbird, Southern Double-collared Sunbird, Greater Double-collared Sunbird, Malachite Canary, Cape Canary, Forest Canary, Yellow Canary, Brimstone Canary, White-throated Seedeater, Streaky-headed Siskin, Cape Bunting, Cape |
Struthio camelus Tachybaptus ruficollis Podiceps cristatus Podiceps nigricollis Spheniscus demersus Phoebetria fusca Morus capensis Phalacrocorax africanus Phalacrocorax coronatus Phalacrocorax neglectus Phalacrocorax carbo Phalacrocorax capensis Anhinga rufa Pelecanus onocrotalus Dendrocygna viduata Thalassornis leuconotus Oxyura maccoa Alopochen aegyptiacus Tadorna cana Plectropterus gambensis Anas capensis Anas undulata Anas sparsa Anas erythrorhyncha Anas smithii Netta erythrophthalma Phoenicopterus ruber Egretta garzetta Mesophoyx intermedia Ardea cinerea Ardea melanocephala Ardea purpurea Bubulcus ibis Nycticorax nycticorax Scopus umbretta Plegadis falcinellus Bostrychia hagedash Threskiornis aethiopicus Platalea alba Elanus caeruleus Milvus parasitus Haliaeetus vocifer Gyps coprotheres Circus ranivorus Polyboroides typus Melierax canorus Accipiter tachiro Buteo buteo Buteo rufofuscus Aquila verreauxii Falco naumanni Falco tinnunculus Falco peregrinus Numida meleagris Francolinus africanus Francolinus capensis Rallus caerulescens Porphyrio porphyrio Gallinula chloropus Fulica cristata Grus paradisea Neotis denhami Eupodotis afra Eupodotis vigorsii Gallinago nigripennis Numenius arquata Tringa totanus Tringa stagnatilis Tringa nebularia Tringa glareola Actitis hypoleucos Arenaria interpres Calidris canutus Calidris alba Calidris minuta Calidris ferruginea Philomachus pugnax Burhinus capensis Haematopus moquini Himantopus himantopus Recurvirostra avosetta Pluvialis squatarola Charadrius hiaticula Charadrius pecuarius Charadrius tricollaris Charadrius pallidus Charadrius marginatus Vanellus armatus Vanellus coronatus Larus dominicanus Larus hartlaubii Chlidonias hybridus Chlidonias leucopterus Sterna caspia Sterna sandvicensis Sterna hirundo Columba livia Columba guinea Columba arquatrix Columba larvata Streptopelia senegalensis Streptopelia capicola Streptopelia semitorquata Oena capensis Colius striatus Colius colius Urocolius indicus Bubo africanus Apus melba Apus barbatus Apus affinis Apus caffer Megaceryle maxima Ceryle rudis Merops apiaster Upupa africana Tricholaema leucomelas Geocolaptes olivaceus Dendropicos griseocephalus Trochocercus cyanomelas Terpsiphone viridis Dicrurus adsimilis Corvus splendens Corvus capensis Corvus albus Corvus albicollis Coracina caesia Lanius collaris Laniarius ferrugineus Telophorus zeylonus Batis capensis Batis pririt Monticola rupestris Turdus olivaceus Chaetops frenatus Onychognathus nabouroup Onychognathus morio Spreo bicolor Creatophora cinerea Sturnus vulgaris Sigelus silens Muscicapa adusta Cossypha caffra Cercotrichas coryphaeus Saxicola torquata Saxicola axillaris Oenanthe monticola Oenanthe pileata Cercomela schlegelii Cercomela tractrac Cercomela familiaris Myrmecocichla formicivora Riparia paludicola Hirundo fuligula Hirundo rustica Hirundo albigularis Hirundo dimidiata Hirundo cucullata Psalidoprocne holomelas Pycnonotus capensis Andropadus importunus Zosterops pallidus Cisticola subruficapillus Cisticola tinniens Cisticola fulvicapillus Cisticola juncidis Cisticola textrix Prinia maculosa Prinia substriata Malcorus pectoralis Apalis thoracica Euryptila subcinnamomea Bradypterus baboecala Bradypterus victorini Sphenoeacus afer Acrocephalus gracilirostris Stenostira scita Eremomela icteropygialis Eremomela gregalis Sylvietta rufescens Phylloscopus ruficapilla Sylvia layardi Sylvia subcaeruleum Parus afer Anthoscopus minutus Certhilauda albescens Chersomanes albofasciata Eremopterix verticalis Calandrella cinerea Galerida magnirostris Passer domesticus Passer melanurus Estrilda melanotis Estrilda astrild Vidua macroura Motacilla capensis Macronyx capensis Anthus cinnamomeus Anthus leucophrys Anthus similis Ploceus capensis Ploceus velatus Euplectes orix Euplectes capensis Promerops cafer Nectarinia violacea Nectarinia chalybea Nectarinia afra Nectarinia famosa Serinus canicollis Serinus scotops Serinus flaviventris Serinus sulphuratus Serinus albogularis Serinus gularis Serinus totta Emberiza capensis |
